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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 22:03:56 GMT
Possibly. I would think it’s cool, mostly, but I’m sure there would be times I’d freak out a little. If you do buy it consider resale value. Don’t overpay and remember your house may take longer to sell because it wouldn’t appeal to a lot of people. It is over-priced, so we will be offering less. Plus, dh will deduct the cost of having cable ran to it (if we can).
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 21:53:10 GMT
My sister's first home, as a young married, was adjacent to the cemetery. Currently we are very near a historical cemetery. I never even think about it. If I did purchase a home adjacent to a cemetery, I'd plant some screening shrubs along that side of the property and go on with life. I can't imagine it would present a problem. There's a beautiful fence between. The house side is clear and the cemetery side has vines growing along it. There are some cut-outs but you really don't see anything unless you are outside looking through the gate.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 21:50:33 GMT
Sure. Dead bodies are just dead bodies. They can’t do anything to you. It would make me wonder if I could do property improvements to be so close to a burial ground though. All of the property is to the front and sides of the house, and the house itself is almost 3000sf so we wouldn't need to add-on.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 21:45:54 GMT
I think I would. Quiet neighbors on one side at least. There no neighbors in sight.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 21:45:09 GMT
I think it’s neat, and awesome that you want to write a history piece on it. But I’m not gonna lie, the first night I’m home alone by myself and hear strange noises I’ll be regretting it. Bonus points if there’s a windy storm going on. There's a nut tree beside the house and a metal roof on the garage. At least three times, a nut dropped and no one thought "I hear dead people!" My dh yelped and asked if someone was shooting at us. There's something odd with that man.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 21:17:59 GMT
Jack Ryan has a love scene? The sex scene in the second (?) episode - blech.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 19:56:43 GMT
We found a house. Love it so so much! It used to be an old country church but was converted to a house in the 90's. Anywho, the oldest part of the cemetary starts about 100 ft or so behind the house. There's a wonderful fence between the house and cemetary, and the oldest gravesite is circa 1849. There are new graves about a quarter of a mile away. I'm not freaked out. I'm actually excited - if we do buy it, I want to write a history of the church. My husband says "at least they will be quiet". My mom thinks it's the coolest thing ever - she visits cemeteries for fun. My MIL thinks, well, I'm not sure exactly but probably that we are going to burn in hell if we buy it. "Hey, honey, I thought of another reason to buy the house!!!" We are waiting to find out if we can get cable/internet ran to it, but if so....
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 4, 2018 13:10:24 GMT
It would depend on the family.
My grandparents when they were alive? Yes, in a heartbeat.
My one aunt and uncle? Yep.
My mom? Possibly.
Any other family of mine or dh's? Oh hell no!
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 4, 2018 13:07:55 GMT
The baby story:
We've known this family for 12 years. The majority of the time they are quiet, normal people, but every once in a while, they take the "fun" out of disfunctional.
Yesterday was that day. The daughter is living with the dad and step-mom for various reasons. She's in her 20's. They got into a fight and dad told her to leave. Daughter accidentally locked her keys in her car and came to me for help, which was fine - I've told the kids they could always come to us.
She was horribly upset, baby was so tired and upset, so I took him while my DH went up to see what he could do. It took him a while, but he finally got it unlocked.
They come back here, the baby had fallen asleep with his head under my chin, and she commented he never cuddled or just fell asleep. She was so agitated that I made her sit down and talk.
She was taking the baby to his paternal grandparents while she would be sleeping at various houses for a few weeks.
We were just sitting there talking and all of a sudden, she touched her stomach and asked "would you want to adopt a baby?" I looked down at the baby and she said "not him, this one".
I looked at my DH and kinda laughed then said "oh, I don't know".
30-40 minutes before she left - someone came and picked up the baby. Nothing else was said about her question, but I feel like if I had said "yes", I'd have a newborn living with me in 2-3 months.
DH and I talked about it - we both agreed that we'd say yes, but then we would have to move out of the neighborhood.
Whew! Here's to a normal day of my kid bitching about having to learn things he'll "never have to use in the real world"!!
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 4, 2018 12:43:49 GMT
When you say “in your neighborhood” do you mean like, in your culdesac (I live in one so that’s my frame of reference) or do you mean town? Because if you mean culdesac, I would flip the f out if I were you. 😱. My in laws live 6 minutes away, and honestly that is too close most days. My father in law decided to pop over at 9am because he wanted to use our super fast internet to upload his photos to Shutterfly. I was not happy (because the house was a wreck and I was still in my pjs and working on photos for a client). About 11 houses away on a different street.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 4, 2018 12:37:43 GMT
It makes me wonder what else is going to happen for you today! We homeschool and today is the first day of 10th grade. I can only imagine....
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 4, 2018 3:40:06 GMT
This morning, a neighbor's daughter, who has a one year old child, asked me if I would like to adopt her unborn baby. I'm still not sure if she was serious or not.
This afternoon, my MIL decided she really, really wants to live in our neighborhood so she had me drive her around to look at what's available. She found a place not in a direct line of sight.
This evening, I came to the conclusion that my dh has been suffering through a midlife crisis for the last 22 years. He's only 45.
And to think that I woke up this morning figuring I'd be bored all day.
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Post by **Angie** on Jul 19, 2018 19:59:44 GMT
I'm with Marzbar.
A whole week away, on a trip that you can't just decide in the middle of the night that you have to get home just because, for your first trip.
No. Hell no.
Find some decadent adults-only place in the center of the state. Or a super-touristy, feared-by-locals, town. Go and relax in the knowledge that you can go home if you need/want to but you aren't because you and Evi are strong-willed adults that know Sasha is being cared for.
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Post by **Angie** on Apr 13, 2018 23:15:38 GMT
I'm updating my living will and the thought crossed my mind....
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Post by **Angie** on Feb 5, 2018 1:08:30 GMT
I'm looking for an old recipe. It's white cake with, I think, a cooked chocolate pudding filling.
It is rolled up just like a Swiss roll.
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 22, 2018 13:04:07 GMT
My vent - I'm a middle school teacher and we start the second semester tomorrow. They have crammed 35 kids in 2 of my classes. I'm just ticked that our scheduling is so tight that they have no choice. I want to go in tomorrow and ask my boss if he wants his kid in a room of 35? I retire at the end of the semester so maybe I'm just eager to get the heck out. we had teachers hide desks at my old district because they "didn't have more" so they couldn't put even more kids in their rooms. The school my son was at put 35 kids in a science lab. There was enough seats for 28 and the rest had to stand or share a seat.
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 22, 2018 2:13:12 GMT
A certain someone in my life constantly makes bodily noises. Constantly.
Yes, they are ill, but I'm so tired of the burping and gas and deep throat clearing. And they don't make any effort to not do it. Or even say excuse me.
I don't even think they notice. #@<=&$^@
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Post by **Angie** on Nov 5, 2017 5:53:46 GMT
My realtor was on my bad side for a couple of days because he almost cost us the sale. After he finally got the issue fixed, I was texting him and my dh at the same time.
I THOUGHT I was texting dh "I'm sorry this is causing so much stress. I love you."
My realtor responded with "I'm the one that should apologize. And, I'm sorry but I don't feel that way about you."
I'm glad I never have to meet him in person!
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 23, 2017 0:14:43 GMT
My house stayed clean for 24 hours! How the heck did that happen? SaveI did some major carefully worded texting and ds ended up going to my mil's for the night with my dh. It was so clean and quiet and peaceful. Just me and the cats...
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 22, 2017 17:07:36 GMT
Great update. I hope the little shits responsible will be named, shamed and punished. From what I've been told, they have been expelled from all county high schools (a huge county with 25+ high school), and criminal charges are pending.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 22, 2017 16:54:48 GMT
My house stayed clean for 24 hours!
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 22, 2017 16:53:53 GMT
Homeschooling after trauma
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 22, 2017 16:48:53 GMT
I only wear mine when I leave the house. Nerve damage in my hand makes any constant pressure very painful.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 21, 2017 3:32:17 GMT
I found out that one of ds' friends has been bullied so badly since school started that he tried to commit suicide tonight. I've been told it is pretty bad and that the police are involved. He's hospitalized and they don't know how long he'll be in there. He isn't awake yet. There's a rumor that he was one name on a list.
I feel so bad that I didn't notice anything was wrong. He just seemed quiet and more homebound than usual but I figured it was the change from middle to high school - more homework/different times/harder classes...
Ds was bullied in 2nd grade and the same school system didn't do anything to help, so we pulled ds to homeschool. I'm so glad that he decided to homeschool through high school. He, luckily, developed a very healthy confidence level after 2nd grade and doesn't stand for bullying. I think he's upset that he didn't notice either.
I just don't understand the things that go through a bully's head. I've read all the articles, I talked to the counselor in 2nd grade, I've heard all the reasons/explanations/ideas/theories, but I just don't understand.
Please keep David in your thoughts tonight.....
UPDATE: Good news - He's awake. The doctors think he'll make a full recovery. Without going into detail because the police are involved, he had coded by the time they got him to the hospital and had to be resuscitated. Just thinking of everything that happened makes me sick. Hours after talking to his mom about the last 3 days...I can feel myself shaking with rage.
BUT now that more of us are aware, we can help take care of him. I have quite a few friends in common that live near them, and they have set up a system to help take care of the house and pets as long as needed. My kid has offered to help him keep up with schoolwork through skype as long as David needs. <3
Oh, and I almost forgot... Thank you to everyone for your comments, your thoughts, and your support. My heart goes out to all of you affected by bullying.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 16, 2017 4:06:31 GMT
I feel like every single day I'm either doing something incorrectly or not doing enough or doing too much or blahblahblah. From everyone family-wise. And God forbid, I mention my MS because that's just my go-to excuse.
Except my ds. He's 14 and I don't know if he has matured or what, but he's become a really great person over the past few months. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him - he's the only person I'd willingly give my last *insert item here* to.
I seriously would like to take off for a couple of months. Just travel the world. Hell, I'd be fine with staying home if it meant I didn't have to go anywhere or do anything with family. But I can't.
*sigh*
I wonder if I can convince my kid to go on a road trip. Let everyone else deal with everything for a while.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 16, 2017 3:15:43 GMT
I feel for you. I would love to bow out of ANY holiday stuff with any of my family or in-laws.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 16, 2017 3:13:00 GMT
Yet Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby are still in. Have any "big name" actresses accused either of them? I think Weinstein is only getting this *appropriately* heavy treatment because of the actresses that are accusing him.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 11, 2017 15:50:04 GMT
Only for one person.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 10, 2017 22:06:47 GMT
Thanks, I've sent him an email.
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 10, 2017 21:46:16 GMT
I have a house on the market. The realtor keeps telling me that the local Board of Realtors does not have an agreement with Zillow to post listings.
I call bullshit because there are houses on Zillow that are not fsbo (which is how he says I'd have to list my house on Zillow).
Other than being a liar lying out his liehole, is there any way his statement could be tr
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